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World Happiness Report 2015

John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey D. Sachs


Since it was first published in 2012, the World Happiness Report demonstrated that well-being and happiness are critical indicators of a nation's economic and social development, and should be a key aim of policy. This year's report looks at the changes in happiness levels in 158 countries, and examines the reasons behind the statistics. The World Happiness Report 2015 also comes in advance of three high-level negotiations that will give world leaders the opportunity to reshape the global agenda and move the world towards a sustainable development agenda that includes well-being as an essential element.


23 April 2015

The World Happiness Report is a publication of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network

World Happiness Report 2015

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This External report is part of the centre's Community Wellbeing programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Causes and effects of wellbeing, Targeting policy at wellbeing